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Maps, schedules, terriers, surveys and plans, including written description, 1750-[1970]

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCAR/1/1/3

Scope and Contents

Description of estate lands re their extent / acreage / locations / tenure etc. Does not include surveys for explicitly stated valuations, repair, and sale purposes. Contains sub-series for 'West Cambs Estate' maps and terriers; also includes plans and surveys for the Wimpole-Potton turnpike road.

Dates

  • Creation: 1750-[1970]

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Sub-Fonds:

Records are generally open, although some closure periods may apply for more recent records.

Biographical / Historical

Farm names changed as their acreage were added to and amalgamated. For example, in Croydon, Salts Dairy and Simpson's Dairy became Croydon Farm; Adam's Dairy became Valley Farm; part of Pettits Dairy became Low Farm; Clapton Dairy and part of Pettits Dairy became Croydon House. Other farms formed Croydon Hill Farm and Top Farm.

Extent

c. 70 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arrangement: by parts of estate, with separate sub-series for West Cambs. Not chronological

Related Materials

See Rentals series

Bibliography

Sections of some plans in A. Sarah Bendall 'Maps, Land & Society' 1992

Repository Details

Part of the Downing College Repository

Contact:
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